It's important to consider that in Italy some verb's time are use in different way depending on the area. This happen with:
Io sono andato al mare. (passato prossimo)
Io andai al mare. (passato remoto)
For example, in Turin we use always the first (regardless of the circumstances, just in the books we use the second ) , but in Tuscan i hear most of the times the second)

Ilvia
Per favore, correggete le mie frasi in inglese quando sono sbagliate :) Anche se si tratta di errori piccoli, non mi offenderò!!
Please, correct my English sentences when they are wrong :) Also if there are small errors, I will not take offence!!

You can use it for each event has ended but with effects still in the present.
I think that it's the most used past time in italian (also because we often use this also when is grammatically wrong, in North of Italy).

I don't translate the sentences in english because i'm not really sure I know how to use english verb's time and I don't want to create confusion

Try to write some sentences, I'll tell you if you use them right!

Ilvia
Per favore, correggete le mie frasi in inglese quando sono sbagliate :) Anche se si tratta di errori piccoli, non mi offenderò!!
Please, correct my English sentences when they are wrong :) Also if there are small errors, I will not take offence!!

Ilvia wrote:You can use it for each event has ended but with effects still in the present.
I think that it's the most used past time in italian (also because we often use this also when is grammatically wrong, in North of Italy).

I don't translate the sentences in english because i'm not really sure I know how to use english verb's time and I don't want to create confusion

Try to write some sentences, I'll tell you if you use them right!

Quando andavo a scuola avevo spesso mal di pancia.
When I used to go (or went) to school I suffered often from stomach ache

Qualche settimana fa ho avuto un po' di mal di pancia, da allora non mangio più caramelle
A few weeks ago I had a bit of a stomach ache, since when I no longer eat candy

Un giorno alle scuole elementari ebbi un mal di pancia molto forte e mi portarono all'ospedale
One day at elementary (or primary here in the UK) school I had a very bad stomach ache and they took me to hospital.

No doubt you could you ebbi also in the second sentence, as it refers to something that happened just the once in the remote past.

Ilvia
Per favore, correggete le mie frasi in inglese quando sono sbagliate :) Anche se si tratta di errori piccoli, non mi offenderò!!
Please, correct my English sentences when they are wrong :) Also if there are small errors, I will not take offence!!

Ilvia
Per favore, correggete le mie frasi in inglese quando sono sbagliate :) Anche se si tratta di errori piccoli, non mi offenderò!!
Please, correct my English sentences when they are wrong :) Also if there are small errors, I will not take offence!!

Ilvia
Per favore, correggete le mie frasi in inglese quando sono sbagliate :) Anche se si tratta di errori piccoli, non mi offenderò!!
Please, correct my English sentences when they are wrong :) Also if there are small errors, I will not take offence!!

Ilvia
Per favore, correggete le mie frasi in inglese quando sono sbagliate :) Anche se si tratta di errori piccoli, non mi offenderò!!
Please, correct my English sentences when they are wrong :) Also if there are small errors, I will not take offence!!